My hope is built on nothing less

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What is your hope built on?

My hope is built on nothing less


Than Jesus' blood and righteousness;


I dare not trust the sweetest frame,


But wholly lean on Jesus' name.


On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;


All other ground is sinking sand.

When darkness veils His lovely face,


I rest on His unchanging grace;


In every high and stormy gale


My anchor holds within the veil.


On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;


All other ground is sinking sand.

His oath, His covenant, and blood


Support me in the whelming flood;


When every earthly prop gives way,

He then is all my Hope and Stay.


On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;


All other ground is sinking sand.

When He shall come with trumpet sound,


Oh, may I then in Him be found,

Clothed in His righteousness alone,

Faultless to stand before the throne!


On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;


All other ground is sinking sand.

Author: Edward Mote, 1834  |  Composer: John Stainer, 1873

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